I’ve got 212 tied hooks what about you?

[TF_Mr Whippy]

Just tying some hooks and had a count up, I have 212 ready tied in Preston boxes!

[TF_Chris-turnerParticipant]

about half a dozen

[TF_mjk380]

ive got 24 thats all il need for the next 2months

[TF_feederace]

8…

[TF_Mick Fordham]

Must have somewhere around 500 to 600 tied-up at least (i’m not going to count them) in various hook-length boxes and on those round daiwa hook retaining spools (got loads of these for feeder hook-lengths).

Why is it with this many, you still run out of the ones you want to use….. lol….

[mo-can do]

You going to colemans on Wednesday….

[TF_Cutnut]

8 realistic
12 cautious
24 careless
212 OCD~think
500+ no life not even on 2nd life~clap

[TF_Hillbilly]

I have got, erm now let me see, erm ZERO.

[TF_Waveney One]

I find it amazing that someone would actually count them! How sad is that!

The only hooks that I tie up in advance are a few for the R. Yare where we get loads of eels. I probably have 1/2 a dozen left from my last trip in September but won’t tie any more until June.

For carp fishing and silver fish in the winter I tend to change the rig rather than a hook length.

[TF_One Out of the Frame]

About 25 LESS than the last time I fished at Barston and was catching perch one a go by the inlet pipe on the roadside!

I’ve haven’t bagged on perch for a long time but can’t recall getting through so many hooks. I was using Drennan Flourocarbon. Is it weaker than normal mono?

[TF_joffmiester]

@Mr Whippy wrote:

Just tying some hooks and had a count up, I have 212 ready tied in Preston boxes!

~shh ~shh you need to get out more~shh ~shh

~sick ~sick still i must have about that ~sick ~sick

[TF_Gary]

None….

[TF_Serious Sam]

I got a hook box with about 150 in I should think, seems sensible to me to tie them ahead of time rather than doing them on the bank.

Do them at home, have them ready and have them all right or do it on the bank when your fingers are cold and wet and shivering so it takes ten times as long and maybe get a crappy knot, no brainer for me.

[TF_jwb]

Sadly I have around 150 inmy river Preston boxes, around 100 in my Commercial boxes and only around only 60 in my canal collection (but I will soon correct that)]
I must be one sad b*rsteward. ~think

[TF_Mick Fordham]

Mo,

Not going to Coleman’s, couldn’t get the time off work as we have too many managers away on a training course (which means I have the pleasure of doing all their work and looking after their staff, as well as my own…. lovely).

Hope it’s a good day for you all.

Cutnut,

Yes, I must get a life….. I just sit there tying them whilst the misses watches those awful soaps….

[Average-AlParticipant]

I,m with Serious Sam, a total no brainer not to be prepared with pre tied hook lengths. I have about 250 and enjoy tying them. An hour every now and then is all it takes to have a good selection of all the various hooks lengths you need.

[meat master]

i have around 70 ish all in preston boxes

thinking of getting a hook box from nathans of derby cuz i should get all my hooks in one box instead of having 5 or so boxes

[TF_Waveney One]

@meat master wrote:

thinking of getting a hook box from nathans of derby cuz i should get all my hooks in one box instead of having 5 or so boxes

Then if they get wet, they all rust together! ~think

[TF_craigm]

I’ve just been doing some and had a quick count up – 440. I really need to get a life.~clap

[TF_justin case]

Who was it that said “Fail to prepare, Prepare to Fail” ?

I have 4 or 500

[ajbParticipant]

I’ve tried failing to prepare and preparing to fail. It’s bloody hard work being average at best…

I suppose about 400, but I don’t really do commies, probably just as well!

[ajbParticipant]

Just put “Lip Service” on BBC3 – preparing for something…

[TF_Johnny Mac]

About…….none ~think

[TF_NathanWatson]

Be a shame if they all get wet and go rusty! I have 20 to 50 normally which is plenty for my fishing.

[TF_ubat]

got a lot in a pattern that I no longer use ~think

[TF_Chum MixerParticipant]

Amazing how many hoohs you can tie when your wife is watching some rubbish on TV ~think

[Anonymous]

i have two tied up……still on the rigs i used at the weekend ~clap ~clap ~clap

[BiffParticipant]

I dont know who is the saddest ,you lot for tying so many hooks or me for reading this this topic!

[TF_AnthonywatersParticipant]

Just tie what you need for a match or weekend I was a chef for twenty years and failing to prepare is preparing to fail but prepare too much it will be wasted. If you tie 500 hooks do they not ingress with moisture and oxidise ?

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